European Forest Data Centre Biosoil/Biodiversity Forest Type Map 2006 P. Kempeneers, JRC T. Durant F. Sedano, JRC L. Seebach, JRC J. San-Miguel-Ayanz, JRC EC -, IES Land Management and Natural Hazard Unit FOREST Action 1

European Forest Data Centre (EFDAC) Forest Focus database + BIOSOIL datasets (forest condition, forest fragmentation) Metadata Catalogue European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) European Forest Resources Information System (NFI data platform) Forest and forest type maps 1990 2000 2006 http://efdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ Data Sets at JRC Applications at JRC Services at JRC ----------------Related: Documents Projects Links

Objectives BIOSOIL Biodiversity Collect harmonised information relevant to forest biodiversity at European level Present European forest type (habitat) classification Test indicators of forest biodiversity Integrate information and ongoing projects (e.g., BioSoil) on forest biodiversity Quantify European forest biodiversity and monitor changes 3

Collected data General plot characteristics location, altitude, management, forest type Stand structure and composition Tree species, DBH, height, density Deadwood Type, dimensions, state of decay Ground vegetation species, cover

Forest types (14 classes) EFTC Null Boreal forest Hemiboreal & nemoral Scots pine forest Alpine coniferous forest Atlantic/nemoral oak/ashwoods, dune forest Oak-hornbeam forest Beech forest Montaneous beech forest Thermophilous deciduous forest Broadleaved evergreen forest Conif. forests of Med, Anatolian & Macronesia Swamp forest Floodplain forest Native plantations Exotic plantations and woodlands Distribution of scores 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Null

Age Age Class No information/unknown 1: 0-20 years 2: 21-40 years 2: 21-40 years 3: 41-60 years 4: 61-80 years 5: 81-100 years 6: >120 years 7: Irregular stands Distribution of scores 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Irregular Unknown

Stand structure and composition Species richness 1-2 species 3-4 species 5-6 species 7-9 species 10-13 species Distribution of scores 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-9 10-13

Ground vegetation Species richness 1-20 species 21-40 species 41-60 species 61-80 species 81-111 species Distribution of scores 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 1-20 21-40 41-60 61-80 81-111

European Forest Data Centre (EFDAC) Forest Focus database + BIOSOIL datasets (forest condition, forest fragmentation) Metadata Catalogue European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) European Forest Resources Information System (NFI data platform) Forest and forest type maps 1990 2000 2006 http://efdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ Data Sets at JRC Applications at JRC Services at JRC ----------------Related: Documents Projects Links

Input data Satellite Data 2006 Corine Land Cover 2000-2006 + MODIS Bossard et al. 2000. CORINE land cover technical guide Addendum. EEA Technical Report No. 40. 105 10

Output data: forest type map Pan-European Forest type map: 3533 scenes processed

Forest map method High Resolution (HR) spectral information HR training data (non forested land, forest, water) CLC classify (ANN) Forest mask 12

Forest type map method High Resolution (HR) spectral information Medium Resolution (MR) temporal information MR HR High+Medium Resolution (H+MR) spectral + temporal information training data (non forested land, forest, water) CLC upsample to HR grid H+MR classify (ANN) training data (forest types) classify (ANN) Forest mask CLC Forest Type map 13

Effect of Medium Res information High Res image (band 1) 0 Forest map using HR 1 Forest map using HR + MR 2 Kilometers 0 1 2 Kilometers

Validation Visual interpretation of Google earth image data National Forest Inventory of Spain 15

Visual interpretation Point id 29822032: Land cover: Broadleaf Crown cover: 75-100% Open/dense forest Scene Non Forested land Broadleaved Forest Coniferous Forest Water Total Mediterranean (humid) 626 30 21 10 687 Mediterranean (dry) 599 64 11 8 682 Fragmented landscape 497 142 10 7 656 Mountaneous (Alps) 304 18 143 11 476 Boreal region 300 24 307 112 743 Total 2326 278 492 148 3244 16

Results All scenes Visual interpretation Non-Forest (NF) Broadleaved Forest (BF) Coniferous Forest (CF) Water (W) NF BF CF W Total NF 2069 91 162 5 2327 BF 60 159 58 0 277 CF 46 15 431 0 492 W 13 1 14 120 148 User Acc. 95 60 65 96 Prod. Acc. 89 57 88 81 Overall Accuracy Forest/Non-Forest: 88% Overall Accuracy Forest types: 86% Med Humid + Dry region NFI (Spain) Broadleaved Forest (BF) Coniferous Forest (CF) BF CF Total BF 880 131 1011 CF 75 583 658 User Acc. 92 82 Prod. Acc. 87 89 Overall Accuracy: 88% 17

Forest Type 2006 and Biodiversity map 18

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Conclusion Biosoil/Biodiversity data base ready Forest maps 1990, 2000, 2006 available Forest Type map 2006 available First validation results 2006 are promising: Forest Map 2006: 88% Forest Type Map 2006: 86% Forest types based on NFI: 88% (in Spain and within forest map only) Next: validation in Europe LUCAS, NFI (FMP), Bio-diversity points 20